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as in heavy
having great weight
a massive piece of furniture that was nearly impossible to move
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as in huge
unusually large
the massive statue took up most of the small yard
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as in magnificent
large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conception
the war memorial's massive dignity moves most visitors to reflective silence
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Recent Examples of massive
Researchers at Rockefeller University in the US have developed a prototype called MultiQ-IT, a device to advance mass spectrometry through massive parallelization.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 18 Mar. 2026
Ensconced in the dense hardwoods of the Shenandoah Valley, these modernist timber cabins are designed entirely around a massive, wall-sized window, turning the forest into a 24-hour cinema where the plot is determined solely by the weather and the wildlife.
—The Editors, Outside, 18 Mar. 2026
The solution, a public lands access group has proposed an ambitious plan to build eight massive desalination plants off the California coastline, turning ocean water into freshwater for farming and reducing demand on the ailing Colorado River.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
Using both deferral and withholding simultaneously puts Minnesota at risk of a massive and sudden financial hit.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 18 Mar. 2026
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 18 Mar. 2026
Ensconced in the dense hardwoods of the Shenandoah Valley, these modernist timber cabins are designed entirely around a massive, wall-sized window, turning the forest into a 24-hour cinema where the plot is determined solely by the weather and the wildlife.
—The Editors, Outside, 18 Mar. 2026
The solution, a public lands access group has proposed an ambitious plan to build eight massive desalination plants off the California coastline, turning ocean water into freshwater for farming and reducing demand on the ailing Colorado River.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
Using both deferral and withholding simultaneously puts Minnesota at risk of a massive and sudden financial hit.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 18 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for massive
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As spring break travel winds down, airports across the country are still dealing with heavy crowds and long security lines, amid the partial government shutdown.—
Marissa Armas,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
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Northern Israel has come under especially heavy fire from Hezbollah in recent days, and residents, including people in traditional Netanyahu strongholds, have voiced anger over Israel's failure to halt the attacks.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Mar. 2026
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The loudest moment of the night came at the 12-minute mark when Purdue’s bench and its huge contingent of yellow and black clad fans erupted as senior point guard Braden Smith made history with his 1,077th career assist, breaking the 33-year-old NCAA record set in 1993 by Duke’s Bobby Hurley.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Mar. 2026
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March 31 will be a huge day for him.—
Joseph Hoyt,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
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As Travis Kelce winds down his magnificent career, look for the Chiefs to select a potential successor who can put up numbers.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
24 Mar. 2026
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At times this all reminded me a bit of Elia Kazan’s magnificent memoir of a young Greek coming to a new life in America America and at other times of Spike Lee’s vividly filmed Do the Right Thing in a different NYC neighborhood.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
23 Mar. 2026
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There are also plenty of perks available to residents courtesy of a hefty $6,926 monthly HOA charge.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
23 Mar. 2026
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That's meant retreating from some hefty spending plans, shelving certain ambitious projects and accepting OpenAI's role as a purchaser of massive amounts of cloud capacity rather than as a builder of mammoth data centers.—
Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
22 Mar. 2026
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There’s a kind of set (a gigantic Claes Oldenburg-style folding table and chairs), which is appropriate, since everything about Jacobs’ designs for this show is…big.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
21 Mar. 2026
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When Sami woke up from his nap no the cozy, oversized leather recliner, an old black-and-white Egyptian film was playing on the gigantic TV screen.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Mar. 2026
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The hunch was right, as the Gophers relished the roar of their fans at The Barn all the way through Amaya Battle's epic game-winner.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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London’s Chessington World of Adventures will soon host the first Minecraft World theme park, opening in 2027, featuring the first ever Minecraft coaster, epic block built playscapes and themed retail and dining experiences.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
21 Mar. 2026
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Ours featured an enormous (and very comfy) bed with a rattan headboard, tasteful brass lamps, a plush green velvet armchair and a writing desk with views out over the camellia trees.—
Irenie Forshaw,
TheWeek,
19 Mar. 2026
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Any such actions would cause enormous additional disruption to oil markets.—
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen,
The Conversation,
19 Mar. 2026
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Anjimile has never been in better voice, his breezy vibrato falling in the glorious shade between Sufjan Stevens and Cocteau Twins’ Elizabeth Fraser.—
Ben Cardew,
Pitchfork,
20 Mar. 2026
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And the greatest expression of care comes at the very last moment, in a final, glorious moment of surreal grace at the end of the novel.—
Isle McElroy,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Massive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/massive. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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